The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-05-18
ROse-Marie.


forenoon when the passengers from
the afterward Inflated Vile de Paris "
found themselves on terra frma in
New York and amid scenes familiar or
novel, as suited their previous history
young woman, slender, fair and with
something distingue about her simple
dress. 1t was before the days of the
barge office, but the vexations of custom
house ordeals were sufficiently trying,
and the girl was very glad to receive
some assistance from a stranger who
noticed her perpleXity. He said he
had come to the dock simply to take
charge of some artistic house-furnish-
ings sent in advance by his sister, and
so he could easily pause little in exc
cutting his commission.
She did not know how to reach the
address she held in her hand-and he
tried to explain-and she tried to under
stand.
The difficulty of comprehension arose
not from innate stupidity on either side
but from lack of common language.
He spoke English well, but French in
differently; she could roll out melodi-
GUS sentences in the Celtic tongue. but
her English was "as she is spoke"
However, the obstacles were all re-
moved, and Mile. Rose Marie de Aldine
was at last, with her French ideas of
propriety much shocked, but her fears
that she would have to stay at the
battery all day allayed, slowed away in
an uptown clearinghouse kept by
French family.
The next morning Rose Marie was in
another quandary. She was to go to
an instruction bureau on Union square,
and had not Madame Guillaume al
lowed her twelve-year-old daughter to
show her the way it is doubtful
whether she would have had sufficient
confidence in her disgraced boarding
school English to venture.
But No. % was reached at last. Vic
torine said " az reuoir!" and Mile. de
Aldine, with trembling steps, mounted
the stairs and found herself in the
presence of Madame Schonberg,
rather grand, immaculate parsonage,
who received her with the condescend-
ing nod of monarch, waved her hand
to a sofa, and continued an animated
conversation with man in the window
seat After long time she babe him
SOOu-DyC anu W CducCulZc hOSt-
Marie: " Did she have good accent?"
How long had she lived in Paris?"
Not born there" with elevated eye
brows)! Could she teach music?"
German?" "Italian?" Drawing
and painting?" Sauveur method?"
"No?" " H'm-unfortunate." " How
much experiences None at alp"
81 do not know how you can get a
situation now; but will tell you what
you can choose from. Here is situa-
ton in Portland, Oregon. The salary
is not large, only 5000, as you would be
governess for two children only-but,
oh. the expenses of the journey? Two
or three hundred dollars, or more; but
you can borrow, can you not?"
Poor Mile. de Aldine shook her head
That would not do. - All, here is some
thing else. An excellent school in
Delaware, principal wishes a French
teacher, young and energetic, one who
would be sure to manage unruly schol-
ars. Some of the outside duties are
mentioned, mere trihes, to be sure.
You would have to go out every morn
ing with the omnibus which goes to
pick up the distant scholars. They say
that they would try to see that you had
something to eat before you started, as
the omnibus leaves before breakfast
time. Then they would like to have
you give few lectures during the win
ter, to keep up interest, and then there
would be two dancing classes, and they
would like you just to superintend
the pupils-two dormitories, see that
they are always in time and in order,
and so on. That would not be much
and then there are five small girls be-
tween six and eight years old, with
whom you would be expected to stay
all the time out of school to amuse
them. No gentlemen allowed on the
premises bedtime; eight O'Clock for all
It's really an uncommonly nice situa-
ton"
Rose-Marie tried to express thanks
in her broken English, but her courage
failed before such prospect, and after
more proposals of similar nature she
was forced to leave in disappointment.
Day after day she made her appear
ance at the bureau but the season
was wrong, or something was wrong,
and she never succeeded in establish
ing herself After some weeks she
had delicate boy as pupil, but he
iNou III a ulSldnJ suburb, anu LOT lne
daily lesson she spent a sum far too
large for her slender means, beside the
whole of a weary forenoon. AT the
end of six weeks Rose-Marie went to
her pupils house one day to find il
closed, and by the next mail she was
informed that the family had left for a
long journey, hoping to benefit the in
valid boy. She never received a penny
as payment for her instructions. She
had before this removed to a cheaper
clearinghouse; now she tried to GET
employment she would formerly have
scorned. Here and there she failed
for various reasons; at last there came
day when she crushed her pride and
answered an advertisement for French
waitress.
The house was a handsome one
in West Fifty-sixth street, the furni
ture and appointments were rich an6
tasteful, the mistress was truly lady
like, the treatment of the new serv
ant all that was considerate; bu
there was moment when the muslin
cap and apron were donned which
seemed like the death of all that per
tanned to her former life.
Bravely she assumed her duties, rost
early in the morning, arrayed the orna
rnanto with oil har avo,;oita taSta